The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission yesterday vowed to ensure that restorative action as well as compensation was paid to those impacted by the Santa Barbara Wellhead spill, operated by Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company in Bassambiri, Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.
“In specific terms, the commission will ensure that the pressure from the well is stopped to put an end to the oil release and that the already released oil is appropriately contained and skimmed off as it is being released. “It also called in Boots and Coots, a well disaster management company, from the US, to cap the pressure and stop further spill.
Consequently, NURPC posited that the initial spill report had been received and appropriately reviewed and documented while updates are received diligently.It recalled that the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva and the commission’s chief executive had visited communities around the spill site to brief them of safety measures already put in place as well as assure them of the commitment to sort out the situation in the shortest possible time.
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